MoD denies deal over withdrawal from BasraAugust 31: British forces have released more than two dozen Iraqi prisoners over the last three months in the run-up to their now imminent withdrawal from the UK base at Saddam's Hussein's former palace compound in Basra, though the government denies doing a deal with Moqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi army to stave off last-minute attacks.

Three British troops killed by US jetAugust 25: An urgent investigation was under way into why a US fighter plane killed three British soldiers, and seriously injured two others, after it was called in to support UK troops engaged in a fierce battle with Taliban fighters in southern Afghanistan.

Guys, I'm afraid we haven't got a clue ...January 21, Jonathan Steele: In the run-up to the invasion of Iraq in 2003, experts warned Tony Blair that occupying the country and trying to impose a western-style democracy was doomed to failure

Unnecessary delayJuly 23, leader: This Wednesday at noon a small act of memorial will take place in the House of Commons. Tony Blair began it. Gordon Brown has continued it: the sad roll call of the week's dead from Iraq and Afghanistan.

The American dimensionMarch 31, leader: In one sense it is perhaps just as well that it was British, rather than American, sailors and marines who were taken prisoner.

The Eden of our timeJuly 12, Richard Norton-Taylor: Parallels between the invasions of Egypt and Iraq, and those who ordered them, are startling.

A special relationship that's not just Jack and CondiApril 2, Observer leader: With grim inevitability, Iraq has cast a shadow over the visit to the north west of England by Condoleezza Rice. Protesters have lined her route and, in one instance, forced a change of itinerary. The demonstrations have led media coverage of the trip; the war has dominated interviews.

The job is doneApril 2, Jonathan Steele: The prime minister must accept that most British people want the troops out of Iraq

The left has lost the plotApril 2, John Lloyd: By defending sovereignty in the name of anti-imperialism, opponents of war undermine their claim to champion the oppressed.

When Blair stood on the brinkApril 26: Guardian special investigation of the build-up to war in Iraq reveals: Loss of vital Commons vote would have provoked rash of resignations · Straw and Blunkett among those close to PM prepared to quit · Blair terrified that Iraq would be 'his Vietnam'

Brought to the brink of defeatApril 26: The government's desperate efforts to find a diplomatic alternative to military action against Iraq were frustrated by miscalculations and international tensions. After talking to the key players at the heart of the action, the Guardian has pieced together the most comprehensive account yet of Blair's road to war.Fifteen months that led up to conflict

Official: Iraq war led to July bombingsApril 2: The first official recognition that the Iraq war motivated the four London suicide bombers has been made by the government in a major report into the 7 July attacks.

Spike fails to derail CondiApril 2: As black film director Spike Lee attacks her back in the US, the Secretary of State displayed her deft political skills while on tour in Lancashire.

Deselecting TonyWith Tony Blair's leadership in its most precarious position to date, Tom Happold explains how the prime minister could lose his job over Iraq.

Cabinet ratings

War makes Hoon, Straw cabinet starsApril 23: The Iraq war has provided a boost to the personal poll ratings of the foreign and defence secretaries and put them ahead of Gordon Brown and Tony Blair in the annual Guardian/ICM cabinet rankings published today.